| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Part Title; Title Page; CONTENTS; A FOREWORD FROM ABROAD; PART 1 INTRODUCTION; 1 REMEMBERING AND WITNESSING: Glyn Davis and R.A.W. Rhodes; 2 A HISTORIAN ENCOUNTERS POLITICS:THE CRAFT OF PAT WELLER: Glyn Davis and R.A.W. Rhodes; PART 2 THE EXECUTIVE; 3 TWO HALVES OF A WHOLE: KEVIN RUDD, JULIA GILLARD AND THE POLITICS OF PRIME MINISTERIAL VULNERABILITY: Michelle Grattan; 4 CORE EXECUTIVES, PRIME MINISTERS, STATECRAFT AND COURT POLITICS: TOWARDS CONVERGENCE: R.A.W. Rhodes; PART 3 THE PUBLIC SERVICE; 5 MANDARINS: Peter Shergold |
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6 PAT WELLER AND THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT: THE EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH ON MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS: Evert LindquistPART 4 HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY; 7 'IT IS NOT A BIOGRAPHY . . .', IT IS EXECUTIVE PRACTICE: James Walter; 8 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY AS BIOGRAPHY: John Wanna; PART 5 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS; 9 AGENTS OF INFLUENCE: WELLER AND XUON INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS FROM A PUBLIC POLICY PERSPECTIVE: J.C. Sharman; 10 LEARNING A NEW TRICK: INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS: Xu Yi-chong; PART 6 COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT |
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11 WHO RULES? DEMOCRATIC VERSUS BUREAUCRATIC LEADERSHIP: John Kane and Haig Patapan12 WESTMINSTER FUTURES: AUSTRALIA, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: Robert J. Jackson; 13 POLITICS AS WORK: A CREDO: Patrick Weller; PAT WELLER'S BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
How government works is the central question of political science, and the focus of this collection of essays about the key aspects of government in Australia |
| Notes |
Record machine-generated from publisher information |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 05, 2018) |
| Subject |
Weller, Patrick Moray
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Davis, Glyn, editor.
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Rhodes, R. A. W., editor
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| ISBN |
9781743438183 |
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1743438184 |
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